2005–06 Divizia B
# 2005–06 Divizia B

The 2005–06 Divizia B was the 66th season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system.

The format has been maintained to three series, each of them consisting of 16 teams. At the end of the season, the winners of the series promoted to Divizia A and the last six places from all the series relegated to Divizia C. A promotion play-off was played between the runners-up of the Divizia B series to decide the fourth promoted team. A special ranking was made between the 10th place teams of every series and the team with the worst ranking in this standing was relegated, as well. These changes in promotion and relegation rules were made because starting with the next season, Romanian football league system was reformed.

## Team changes

### Note (**)

Tricotaje Ineu sold its Divizia B place to FCM Reșița.

Internațional Pitești sold its Divizia B place to Astra Ploiești, club which split from Petrolul Ploiești, after only one season since their merge.

CS Deva sold its Divizia B place to Corvinul 2005 Hunedoara, an unofficial successor of Corvinul Hunedoara, club which was dissolved at the end of the previous season.

### Renamed teams

Altay Constanța was moved from Constanța to Medgidia and renamed as Altay Medgidia.

FC Oradea was renamed as Bihor Oradea.

CSM Reșița split from the merge with FC U Craiova, which second team was in the last season of the third tier and was renamed as FCM Reșița.

## League tables

### Seria I

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț (C, P) | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 59 | 20 | +39 | 66 | Promotion to Liga I |
| 2 | Forex Brașov | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 55 | 31 | +24 | 59 | Qualification to Promotion play-off |
| 3 | FC Brașov | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 57 | 22 | +35 | 58 | |
| 4 | Botoșani | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 32 | 29 | +3 | 49 | |
| 5 | Cetatea Suceava | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 43 | 34 | +9 | 46 | |
| 6 | Precizia Săcele | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 26 | 24 | +2 | 45 | |
| 7 | Dacia Unirea Brăila | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 31 | 28 | +3 | 45 | |
| 8 | Dunărea Galați | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 29 | 26 | +3 | 43 | |
| 9 | Gloria Buzău | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 37 | 29 | +8 | 43 | |
| 10 | Altay Medgidia (R) | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 33 | 37 | −4 | 42 | Possible relegation to Liga III |
| 11 | Callatis Mangalia (R) | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 39 | Relegation to Liga III |
| 12 | FCM Târgoviște | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 30 | −1 | 38 | Spared from relegation |
| 13 | Petrolul Moinești (R) | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 32 | Relegation to Liga III |
| 14 | Laminorul Roman (R) | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 30 | 47 | −17 | 28 | Relegation to Liga III |
| 15 | Portul Constanța (R) | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 35 | 60 | −25 | 27 | Relegation to Liga III |
| 16 | Midia Năvodari (R) | 30 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 6 | 69 | −63 | 7 | Relegation to Liga III |

* ↑ FC Brașov was deducted 1 point due to not achieving the 22 points limit in the Divizia A, last season.
* ↑ Altay Medgidia withdrew at the end of the season.
* ↑ FCM Târgoviște was spared from relegation after Altay Medgidia withdrew.
* ↑ Midia Năvodari withdrew during the winther break and lost all the matches from the second part of the season by forfeit.

### Seria II

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | FC U Craiova (C, P) | 30 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 41 | 14 | +27 | 62 | Promotion to Liga I |
| 2 | Unirea Urziceni (O, P) | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 55 | 24 | +31 | 59 | Qualification to Promotion play-off |
| 3 | Petrolul Ploiești | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 47 | 29 | +18 | 56 | |
| 4 | Otopeni | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 37 | 18 | +19 | 54 | |
| 5 | Dunărea Giurgiu | 30 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 35 | 33 | +2 | 51 | |
| 6 | Râmnicu Vâlcea | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 37 | 27 | +10 | 45 | |
| 7 | Poiana Câmpina | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 34 | 28 | +6 | 45 | |
| 8 | Dacia Mioveni | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 36 | 30 | +6 | 44 | |
| 9 | FC Caracal | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 35 | 38 | −3 | 43 | |
| 10 | Astra Ploiești (R) | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 40 | Possible relegation to Liga III |
| 11 | Minerul Motru (R) | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 32 | 34 | −2 | 37 | Relegation to Liga III |
| 12 | Inter Gaz București (R) | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 40 | −10 | 36 | Relegation to Liga III |
| 13 | Rapid II București (R) | 30 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 27 | 56 | −29 | 32 | Relegation to Liga III |
| 14 | Juventus București (R) | 30 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 29 | 49 | −20 | 25 | Relegation to Liga III |
| 15 | Dinamo II București (R) | 30 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 43 | −18 | 20 | Relegation to Liga III |
| 16 | FC Sibiu (R) | 30 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 12 | 46 | −34 | 17 | Relegation to Liga III |

* ↑ FC U Craiova were deducted 2 points due to not achieving the 22 points limit in the Divizia A, last season.

### Seria III

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Liberty Salonta (C, P) | 28 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 37 | 16 | +21 | 58 | Promotion to Liga I |
| 2 | Bihor Oradea | 28 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 53 | 27 | +26 | 55 | Qualification to Promotion play-off |
| 3 | Universitatea Cluj | 28 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 44 | 16 | +28 | 54 | |
| 4 | Gaz Metan Mediaș | 28 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 21 | +17 | 51 | |
| 5 | FCM Reșița | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 29 | −3 | 40 | |
| 6 | Corvinul 2005 Hunedoara | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 33 | 35 | −2 | 38 | |
| 7 | CFR Timișoara | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 36 | |
| 8 | Gloria II Bistrița (R) | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 34 | −9 | 36 | Relegation to Liga III |
| 9 | IS Câmpia Turzii | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 29 | +1 | 34 | |
| 10 | Minerul Lupeni | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 31 | −5 | 34 | Possible relegation to Liga III |
| 11 | Olimpia Satu Mare (R) | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 36 | −12 | 32 | Relegation to Liga III |
| 12 | Unirea Dej | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 29 | 37 | −8 | 32 | Spared from relegation |
| 13 | Apulum Alba Iulia | 28 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 21 | 31 | −10 | 28 | Spared from relegation |
| 14 | UTA Arad (R) | 28 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 35 | −10 | 27 | Relegation to Liga III |
| 15 | Unirea Sânnicolau Mare (R) | 28 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 48 | −27 | 23 | Relegation to Liga III |
| 16 | Armătura Zalău (R) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to Liga III |

* ↑ Gloria II Bistrița withdrew at the end of the season.
* ↑ Unirea Dej was spared from relegation after Gloria II Bistrița withdrew.
* ↑ Apulum Alba Iulia was spared from relegation after newly promoted Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea refused the promotion.
* ↑ Armătura Zalău was excluded in the first part of the season and all its results were cancelled.

## Promotion play-off

In the following season, the Liga I was expanded from 16 teams to 18 teams, therefore the Romanian Football Federation decided that a promotion playoff group would be played at the end of the season, between the second placed teams from each series of the Liga II, in order to establish the fourth promoted team (in exchange to the two teams relegated from the Liga I). The winner of this group, Unirea Urziceni, promoted to the Liga I, along with the three winners of the series.

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Unirea Urziceni (O, P) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | Promotion to Liga I |
| 2 | Forex Brașov | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | |
| 3 | Bihor Oradea | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 | |

## Possible relegation

At the end of the season, a special table was made between 10th places from the 3 series. The last team in this table was also relegated in the Liga III. In this table, 10th place teams are included without the points obtained against teams that relegated in their series.

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Altay Medgidia | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 28 | −11 | 25 | |
| 2 | Minerul Lupeni | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 22 | −3 | 24 | |
| 3 | Astra Ploiești (R) | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 35 | −12 | 20 | Relegation to Liga III |

## Top scorers

### 18 goals

* Tiberiu Șerban (Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț)

### 14 goals

* Dorel Zaharia (Unirea Urziceni)

### 8 goals

* Dumitru Gheorghe (Unirea Urziceni)
* Lucian Itu (Minerul Lupeni)
* János Székely (Universitatea Cluj)

### 7 goals

* Claudiu Boaru (Gaz Metan Mediaș)

### 5 goals

* Claudiu Ionescu (Dacia Mioveni)
* Radu Neguț (FC Sibiu)

### 4 goals

* Mircea Bornescu (FC U Craiova)
* Laurențiu Buș (Universitatea Cluj)
* Daniel Stan (Bihor Oradea)
